What does Nick wish he could be at the party in chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby?

Essentially, Nick wishes that he could be NOT at the party in chapter two.  After having spent some time listening to Myrtle and Catherine, imbibing their meanness and their lies along with the whiskey that seemed ever present and so in demand, he says, "I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the Park through the soft twilight [...]."  The thing he most wants is to leave because the party and the company are so unpleasant.  He's just been introduced to the mistress of his cousin's husband and her terrible friends; the poor puppy is crying, forgotten and probably frightened; and Nick sits in the middle, having had too much to drink. It's a pretty uncomfortable situation for him.  However, every time he tries to leave, some new argument begins among the other guests and he gets pulled back into his chair "as if with ropes," he says.  He feels confined, like a prisoner, and he cannot leave though he just wishes to be outside, alone, and in peace.

Why does Hamlet call the world "an unweeded garden"?

Hamlet is comparing humanity to the things growing in an unweeded garden that grows to seed. Such neglected gardens are commonly seen where houses have been standing vacant for a long time. Hamlet says that things rank and gross possess them merely.

Fie on't! ah, fie! 'tis an unweeded garden
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely.

There is a distinct difference between "rank" and "gross." Ornamental vegetation that is rank is overgrown, choked, entangled. Lawns will become rank if they are not regularly mowed. They are an ugly sight. It is unusual for a poet to create ugly imagery as a metaphor to represent an ugly condition. The rank vegetation represents the ugliness that Hamlet sees in ordinary men. Growths in neglected gardens that can be called "gross" are not rank but stand out separately, towering over the rest. Milkweeds are a common sight in neglected gardens. They are tall, ugly, misshapen, grotesque. They seem to flaunt their ugliness. They bear flowers, but the flowers are colorless, ugly and randomly placed on the crooked stalks. Hamlet might have been thinking of King Claudius as one of the "gross" specimens of humanity.

Most people would probably not stop and spend time looking at an unweeded garden that grows to seed. They are depressing spectacles, but Shakespeare obviously appreciated them as lessons from reality and as potential metaphors and similes. He was not solely interested in pretty sights or in creating aesthetically pleasing imagery. He was more interested in expressing truth than in flattering nature. Some of his characters are beautiful examples of ugly people, including Iago, Caliban, Edmund, Regan, and Polonius. These characters are "gross." Characters like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern might be considered "rank." There are two of them but they seem like Siamese twins.

As a wave travels between two points in a medium, it transfers ____.

A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one point to another. Waves that transfer energy through a medium are called mechanical waves.

There are two types of mechanical waves:

Longitudinal (Compression) Waves: particle displacement is parallel to the direction of wave propagation. Examples:

• Sound Waves: Energy is transferred through the medium of air or water.

• Spring Oscillations: Energy is transferred through the medium of the spring.

• Seismic (primary) Wave: Energy is transferred through the medium of the ground.

Transverse Waves: particle displacement is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. Examples:

• String Vibrations: Energy is transferred through the medium of the string.

• Audience Wave: Energy is transferred through a medium composed of the arms and bodies of the people involved in the wave.

• Seismic (secondary) Wave: Energy is transferred through the medium of the ground.

What is the 3rd Equation of Motion?

The equations of motion describe the motion of an object considering velocity, displacement, and time; each law of motion considers two of these three kinematic variables. The laws consider the variables as follows:

1. velocity - time


2. displacement - time


3. velocity - displacement

It is important to note that these three laws make two fundamental assumptions: that the hypothetical object is moving in a straight line and accelerating at a constant speed (which is rarely, if ever, the case in the universe).

The third law specifically describes the relationship between velocity and displacement, irrespective of time. When acceleration is constant, displacement is proportional to velocity squared (s ∝ v2).

Imagine you are riding a bike at 5mph. By this law, if you double your speed to 10mph, it will take you four times the distance to stop than if you had stopped at 5mph.

What happens in chapters 1 and 2 of Triangle by David Von Drehle?

The opening chapters of the book are called "The Spirit of the Age" and "Triangle." In short, both chapters are meant to present the corruption at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory before the fire begins.

The first chapter is called "Spirit of the Age" because of the horrible corruption it highlights. The very first words are that "burglary was the usual occupation of ... Charles Rose" who was hired to beat up a female strike leader named Clara Lemlich.

[Clara represents] the drive for women’s rights (and other civil rights), the rise of unions, and the use of activist government to address social problems.

The chapter focuses on the character of Clara, her family, and her job in the clothing industry as a low-wage earner turned protester. The brutal physical attack on Clara ordered by Charles sets the scene. The environment that follows is one the pits the employers against the workers.

In the second chapter, the character of Kline says he is "sick of the slave driving" at the Triangle. Kline wants more money and improved conditions. Any worker who sides with Kine is ordered to leave, but no one moves. During the course of chapter 2, the original standoff by Kline threatens to turn into a full-blown strike. "Progressive women" (like Clara from the first chapter) are being hauled off to jail by Tammany cops, and political corruption is allowing this to happen. Issac Harris and Marcus Blanck, the owners (the "Shirtwaist Kings"), begin the press releases to halt the coming strike from the "shirtwaist union." By the end of chapter 2, a confrontation "becomes inevitable." Blanck and Harris demand to form an "EMPLOYERS MUTUAL PROTECTION ORGANIZATION" (purposely written in all capital letters) in order to counteract the forming union.

These chapters are important because the eventual flames at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire would trap and then kill some of the strikers working the hardest to change labor laws and horrible conditions for workers. Why would the fire kill so many? All but one of the fire exits are locked to prevent both theft and unauthorized breaks by workers.

What is Ponyboy’s opinion of Darry?

At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy does not like the fact that Darry treats him like he is "six instead of fourteen" and believes that Darry is way too hard on him. Pony also mentions that Darry is continually criticizing him, and thinks that Darry acts too old for his age. Ponyboy views his brother with contempt and favors Sodapop over Darry. Pony understands that Darry works a lot of hours but doesn't like his strict and abrasive attitude. After Ponyboy narrowly escapes the church fire, Darry shows up at the hospital, and Ponyboy understands for the first time in his life that Darry truly cares about him. For the remainder of the novel, Pony and Darry bicker about school and Pony's attitude until Sodapop says he's finally had enough of their fighting. Pony and Darry smooth things out at the end of the novel and admit that they love each other. Darry promises to stop yelling at Ponyboy, and Pony promises to be more understanding and appreciative of what Darry does for him. Ponyboy realizes that Darry is if faced with the difficult task of keeping the family together and he is appreciative to have Darry as an older brother.

Although aims and methods were similar between the civil rights movement and the Feminist Movement, the civil rights movement was vastly more...

I don't think it's true at all. The feminist movement has been enormously successful, so much so that it boggles the mind. The civil rights movement has also been enormously successful, but not vastly more than the feminist movement.

Keep in mind, women could not even vote in the United States before 1920. That's less than 100 years ago. There are people still alive (most of them women, in fact; women tend to live longer than men) who were born before American women could vote.

Indeed, as recently as the 19th century, both women and racial minorities were essentially treated as property. While Black people were formally enslaved under law in many states until 1865, the oppression of women was less formalized; men could not literally buy women the way White people could literally buy Black people. But the oppression of women during that time was so severe that in practice there wasn't all that much difference. Women had no rights over their husbands and were frequently married off to men they'd never met, often as part of business deals or to serve the interests of their fathers. This was essentially rape, but it was not legally classed as such---indeed, until the 1970s the law was defined so that a husband could force his wife to have sex and it would not be considered rape. My parents were alive. In some states marital rape wasn't criminalized until 1993. I myself was alive, albeit only a child. And yet today it seems unthinkable to ever go back. That is how quickly feminism has achieved change. (Similar astonishingly rapid progress has been made by the LGBT rights movement, but this question asked about feminism and the civil rights movement so I'll focus on those.)

Of course, neither movement achieved all its goals---no social movement ever does. Women and racial minorities are still disadvantaged in many ways compared to White men. But it's important to understand how far we have come on both fronts.

Racism and sexism used to be openly held views. They were enshrined in law. It was considered completely normal and legal to actively and consciously discriminate against women and minorities.

Today, there is obviously still racism and sexism. But virtually none of it is actually written into law; formally, we are supposed to have equality, and if you can prove that you are being discriminated against you can use the law to punish the person doing the discrimination. Hardly anyone is openly racist or sexist, and even the accusation of such (especially when credible) can be severely damaging to one's reputation. Anyone who even suggested going back to buying and selling Black people or making it legal again to rape your wife would immediately become a social pariah. (And as well they should!)

There is obviously still a great deal of work to be done to achieve equality not just under the law but substantively in practice. It can be tremendously frustrating to fight for what seem like obvious principles of social justice and have millions of people push back against them, and tempting to give up and say we've accomplished nothing after all these years. But it's simply not true; we have accomplished an amazing amount, and will continue to accomplish more as long as we keep fighting.